CHEBI:74821 - 2-amino-2-hydroxybutanoic acid

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ChEBI Name 2-amino-2-hydroxybutanoic acid
ChEBI ID CHEBI:74821
Definition An α-amino acid that is butanoic acid substituted by an amino and a hydroxy group at position 2.
Stars This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.
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Formula C4H9NO3
Net Charge 0
Average Mass 119.11920
Monoisotopic Mass 119.05824
InChI InChI=1S/C4H9NO3/c1-2-4(5,8)3(6)7/h8H,2,5H2,1H3,(H,6,7)
InChIKey QVPLPSZGHFSYEQ-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILES CCC(N)(O)C(O)=O
Roles Classification
Chemical Role(s): Bronsted base
A molecular entity capable of accepting a hydron from a donor (Bronsted acid).
(via organic amino compound )
Bronsted acid
A molecular entity capable of donating a hydron to an acceptor (Bronsted base).
(via oxoacid )
Biological Role(s): metabolite
Any intermediate or product resulting from metabolism. The term 'metabolite' subsumes the classes commonly known as primary and secondary metabolites.
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ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing 2-amino-2-hydroxybutanoic acid (CHEBI:74821) has functional parent butyric acid (CHEBI:30772)
2-amino-2-hydroxybutanoic acid (CHEBI:74821) has role metabolite (CHEBI:25212)
2-amino-2-hydroxybutanoic acid (CHEBI:74821) is a non-proteinogenic α-amino acid (CHEBI:83925)
IUPAC Name
2-amino-2-hydroxybutanoic acid
Synonym Source
aminohydroxybutyric acid ChEBI
Last Modified
26 March 2015